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` CARTRIDGE FEED PAGK FOR MAGAZINE GUNS; No. 402.605. 'Patented May 7,1889.

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` P. MAUSER. CARTRIDGE FEED PACK FOR MAGAZINE GUNS. No. 402.605. APatented Mgy 7.1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O'EEicE.

PAUL MAUSER, OF OBERNDORF-ON-THE-NEKAR, WRTEMBERG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TOWAFFENFABRIK MAUSER, OF SAME PLACE.

4CARTRIDGE FEED-PACK FOR MAGAZINE-GUNS.

Y To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL MASER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Oberndorf-on-the-Neckar, in the Kingdom of Wrtemberg, GermanEmpire, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements inCartridge-Packages for the Magazines of Breech- Loading Guns, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for packages of cartridges to besupplied to or carried by the person using a breech-loading magazine-gunto expedite the refilling of the magazine thereof. A

The object of this invention is to facilitate the charging or filling ofthe magazine of breech-loading {ire-arms, in order to increase therapidity with which the arm may be iired without materially1 augmentingthe weight of the users equipment and to inspire the user withconfidence Lin his weapon by providing means whereby a magazine fire-armmay always be easily kept in readiness for rapid firing.

To this end in carrying out my inventionV4 I form the cartridge-packagesby connecting together a series of ,cartridges comprising a packagethrough the medium of a frictional holderl embracing their bases.` Thisholder is made in the form of a frame embracing the bases of thesuccessive cartridges of the package, and is so constructed that thecartridges may be slid or pushed into it at its end and will be soembraced by it as. to be heldfrictionally and with a yielding pressure.Cartrid ges can be expelled directly into the magazine of the gun lby apressure sufficient to overcome the frictional retain ing-force whichholds them in place. U

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure l isa transverse section of a package of cartridges formed according to myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a crosssection, on a larger scale, of theholder for retaining the cartridges shown in Fig. 1..

Figs. 3 and 4 are views answering to Figs. 1 and 2, but showingslightlyfmodiied construction of holder. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of apackage of cartridges, showing the holder. in longitudinal section. Fig.G is a fragmentaryvertical longitudinal section of a Mauser of thearrows. Fig. 8 is a plan of the parts shown in Fig. 6. Fig. il comprisesa longitudinal section, a cross-section, and a front elevation ofanother construction of cartridgeholder. Fig. 10 comprises three viewssimilar to those in Fig. 9, but showing still another form of holder.

Referring to the drawings, let A represent the cartridge-package and `Bthe gun. The cartridge-package A consists of the holder a and thecartridges c c embraced thereby. The holder a consists of a frame havinglongitudinal iianges a a. These flanges a are preferablyV madeoverhangin g, so that grooves a2 a2 are formed on their inner sides. The

side flanges, a', are arranged at such a disa2' a2, while that part ofthe body of the cartridge immediately above the bead will' enter betweenthe anges of a.

To prevent lateral displacement orloose nessof the cartridges when inthe holder, l provide means for frictionally grasping their bases. Thismay be accomplished in various ways, several of which are illustrated inthe drawings, but I prefer to accomplish it by placing a leaf-spring,i), within. the frame a and between the flanges a a', as shown in Figs.l to 5. This spring b may beriveted to the frame d at one end and extendthroughout the length of the frame, asshown in Figs. l and 2, whereinthe' spring is shown as longitudinally swelled outwardly in its centralportion until that portion projects nearly to the plane of the forwardsides of the grooves a2 a2, and also as having a longitudinal slot, b',extending through itscenter for part of its length, which slot isintended to increase its elasticity. The spring b presses outwardlyagainst the bottoms of the cartridges when.

their bases have been pushed into the grooves a2 ai, and by forcing thebeaded base of the IOO cartridge against the flanges d a holds themiirmly in position in the frame a. I prefer to construct the frame awith one open end and one closed end, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5,where one end of the frame is closed by a transverse stop or flange, a3,against which the iirst cartridge of a series rests when the holder isfull but this is not essential, as the holder may be open at both ends,as shown in Figs. 9 to 1l.

In preparing cartridge-packages according to my invention the cartridgesare pushed into the holder d at the open end thereof by compressing thespring b and inserting the beaded base of the cartridge into the groovesa2. The cartridge when thus entered will be pushed on into the holderfar enough to admit the entrance of the succeeding ones, which willthenbe successively entered until the holder is full.

Cartridge-packages `of this characterV are carried by or supplied to theuser ofy a hrearm, and when the magazine of the arm is.

exhausted of its supply of cartridges herefills the magazine from one ofthese cartridge-4 packages. To illustrate the method of reiilling themagazine from the cartridge-package, I have shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 aMauser bolt-gun with the parts in the position for refilling themagazine. The bolt of the gun is withdrawn and the cartridge package isplaced in the cartridge -rest of the' vopen breech -piece, directly overthe magazine. The holder d is stopped by the cartridge-rest. By pressingwith the thumb on the'top cartridge of the package, just in front of theholder d, all the cartridges in the package, or .as many as the capacityof the magazine will y permit, will be forced from the'package into themagazine of the gun, past the usual car# tridgedetent or spring-checksp. the cartridges from the package into the magazine, it is necessary toapply to the top cartridge of the package a downward force' sufficientto overcome the frictional embrace of the'holder c at the bases of thecartridges, the 'resistance offered to the passage/of the cartridges bythe spring-checks p, and the expelling tension of the magazine spring.When the magazine is iilled, thel cartridges will be held therein by thespring-check, which counteracts the expelling tendency of themagazine-spring.

In the drawings I have shown a notch, d,

cut in the bridge of the breech of the gun for facilitating theinsertion of the'cartridgepackage into the gun. This notch isnotnecessary, however, and may be dispensed with in many cases withoutinconvenience.

After removing the holder a from the cartridges the holder maybe putaside for use again in forming other cartridge-packages, or it maybethrown away. v l

The cartridge-holders are designed to hold enough cartridges to equalone charge of the magazine; but this is only a matter of con- To pushone piece of metal.

venience, as they may be constructed to hold any desired number ofcartridges. If the user in charging his gun-magazine neglects entirelyto fill the magazine, or if the capacity of the magazine is less thanthe number of cartridges contained in the holder, the excess ofcartridgesover those used will remain: in the holder, and can besubsequently expelled therefrom as desired.

As cartridges are generally constructed of a greater diameter at theirbases than throughout the rest of their length, it follows that when aseries of them is placed together side by side the lineV formed by theirbases will be curved. Consequently I construct the holder a, of a curvedform corresponding to that assumed by the bases of the cartridges withwhich it is to be used, in order that the holder shall keep thecartridges of the package in compact lateral contact. Y

The particular construction of the holder a may be varied considerablywithout departing from my invention. The form shown in Figs. l and 2,and which has been described, is the construction preferred by'me; butin the drawings I have shown some other constructions which may be usedto accomplish -the saine purpose, and whichy I will now describe.

The construction shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5 is identical with thatshownV in Figs. 1 and 2, with the exception of some changes in theconstruction of the spring' b.y This spring in this instance is shown asa iiat spring, narrower in its central portion than at its ends, anddepressed at its upper endto receive the rivet'holding it in the framea, and depressed yagain near its lower end to increase its resistance tothe cartridges, as best seen in Fig. 5.

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Fig. 9 illustrates a holder made entir'elyof- In this constructionY thespring b consists off two tongues stamped out of the body of the frameand-bearing' against the bases of the end cartridges when-the holder isfull. The holder itself iS fo'llfuedy by bend- ,ing or turning the sidesaof the plate inward fa'rv enough to form the grooves c2c?.

Fig. 10 shows a co'ns'tructionv of holder wherein the frame isconstructed by bending in the sides of a plate, the same asj justdescribed'with reference to Fig. 9, but in this case' the spring'b isaseparate piece of spring metal provided with two ears, e e, stamped -outof the spring itself, which earsv take into holes punched in the body ofthe frame d, and thereby the spring b is retainedin` position.

I prefer to construct my cartridge-holders of metal;A but' othersubstances may be used, if desired. The frame c may be cast" of thedesired shape, or sheet metal may be bent into the necessary form.Spring bras'sor steel are the best' materials for the spring b, andwhere the frameitself constitutes the spring one of these metals shouldbe used.

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Inolaim as my invention thefollowing vde- -This speoioation signed by methis 21st 1o lined novel features, substantially as hereinday of August,1888. before set forth:

A cartridge-holder consisting of a frame PAUL MAUSER. 5 formed withlongitudinal side iianges and a top ange, said flanges adapted toconfine be' Witnesses: tween them the base of a cartridge, and said CARLT. BURCHARDT, frame `constructed to engage the cartridge j CHAPMANCOLEMAN.

with a yielding pressure.

